Administrator’s Guide for SIP-T2 /T3 /T4 /T5 /CP920 IP Phones
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Menu > Settings > Basic Settings > Time&Date > Time & Date Format > Date Format
Parameter
lcl.datetime.date.format
<y0000000000xx>.cfg
Description
It configures the display format of the date.
Permitted
Values
Any combination of Y, M, D, W and the separator (for example, space, dash, slash).
Use the following mapping:
Y
= year,
M
= month,
D
= day,
W
= day of week
“Y”/”YY” represents a two-digit year, more than two “Y” letters (for example, YYYY) represent a four-
digit year;
“M”/“MM” represents a two-digit month, “MMM” represents the abbreviation of the month, three or more
than three “M” letters (for example, MMM) represent the long format of the month;
One or more than one “D” (for example, DDD) represents a two-digit day;
“W”/“WW” represents the abbreviation of the day of the week, three or more three “W” letters (for
example, WWW) represent the long format of the day of the week.
For the more rules, refer to
Default
Blank
Case Scen-
ario
Set the following:
lcl.datetime.date.format = DD.MM.YYYY
Then a new date format is added on the phone.
To make the newly added date format take effect, you also need to set the following:
local_time.date_format = 20
You can also manually select this new date format via the web/phone user interface.
Date Customization Rule
You need to know the following rules when customizing date formats:
Format
Description
Y/YY
It represents a two-digit year.
For example, 16, 17, 18…
Y is used more than twice (for example, YYY, YYYY)
It represents a four-digit year.
For example, 2016, 2017, 2018…
M/MM
It represents a two-digit month.
For example, 01, 02,…, 12
MMM
It represents the abbreviation of the month.
For example, Jan, Feb,…, Dec
M is used more than three times (for example, MMMM)
It represents the long format of the month.
For example, January, February,…, December
D is used once or more than once (for example, DD)
It represents a two-digit day.
For example, 01, 02,…, 31
W/WW
It represents the abbreviation of the day of week.
For example, Mon, Tue,…, Sun
W is used more than twice (for example, WWW,
It represents the long format of the day of week.
